MINUTES OF THE
TOWN OF
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Chairman
Collyard called the Regular Board Meeting to order at
Webb-absent, Meinke-here,
Porter-here, McGee-here, Collyard-here.
A Quorum was established.
Collyard
asked for the verification of a Public Notice from the Clerk-Treasurer and a
Motion to approve the August Agenda.
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the August agenda. Motion
carried. The approved Agenda is as follows:
NOTICE
TOWN OF
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 19TH AT
AGENDA
Call the Regular Board Meeting to
order at
Pledge Allegiance to the Flag
Roll Call to establish a
quorum/Verification of Public Notice/Motion to approve the August Agenda
Approve minutes of the Last Regular
Board Meeting and Motion to dispense with reading of the minutes.
Treasurer’s Report
Voucher’s Approval
Clerk Correspondence
Approval
to combine Act 102 account back with the Money Market Account
Citizen’s Request for Action:
1)
Request to correct town road sign on
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Employee
Medical Leave approval
Cemetery
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Approval
of new hire, Margaret Bossow
Approval
of three year contract with Premier Pyrotechnics for fireworks
Constable
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
EWM
Committee
Land Use Planning Commission
Zoning:
1) Special Use permit
application to place a mobile home in an F-1 Forestry District on property
owned by Lynn and Wanda Johnson at
2) Conditional Use
Application to place a bulk-storage facility (LP gas) by Superior Fuel Company
at the Barnes Industrial Park on property owned by the Town of Barnes, Mike Wiebe, agent
3) Request by Dick Webb
to correct current R-2 zoning on Glenn DeSmith property (and others) in Section
30, T45N, R9W
4) Jon Harkness and
Property Owners proposal for an overlay district Amendment to the Bayfield
Approval of Three Year Contract by
Charlotte Johnson for Assessor Services
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License renewal for James
Wiechert
Picnic License approval for Barnes
Lions Club, Russ Carter, agent for August 8th and 10th
(License issued pending after-the
fact Board approval)
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
Issues Timeline Update
All Department Heads are encouraged
to be at the Regular Board Meetings
All Department Heads and Committee
Heads are to submit a written report to the clerk
by Friday evening prior to the Board
Meeting.
The Town Board reserves
the right to solicit information from
Department heads and
Committee heads only, without opening the floor to discussion.
Any persons requiring
special needs for handicap services please contact the Clerk-Treasurer
Elaine J. Brustad Barnes Town Clerk-Treasurer
Dated this 15th
Day of August, 2008
Collyard
asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the Last Regular Board Meeting and a motion to dispense with reading of the minutes.
Motion(Meinke/McGee)
to approve the minutes of the last regular Board meeting and to dispense with
the reading of those minutes. Motion
carried.
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Treasurers
Report |
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Checking
Balance from last meeting |
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$12,762.30 |
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Receipts |
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$150,067.53 |
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Check #'s
22760-22871 |
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($69,760.42) |
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July
Direct tax payment ck # 309 |
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($5,800.20) |
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Service
Charge July |
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($16.37) |
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Interest
Earned July |
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$46.65 |
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CHECKING
BALANCE |
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$87,299.49 |
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Act 102
Fund |
Opening
Balance |
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105.31 |
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Svc Chg +
Int earned |
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($9.83) |
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ending
balance |
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95.48 |
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Money
Market Gen'l Fund Balance from Last Meeting |
$384,188.42 |
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Interest
earned July |
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YTD
Interest $18,270.38 |
$920.62 |
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Sub-Total
Money Market Gen'l Funds |
$385,109.04 |
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Highway
Dept. Sinking Fund |
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$31,072.92 |
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BES
Sinking Fund |
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$52,677.05 |
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Park
Savings |
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$13,673.18 |
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Ski Trail
Savings |
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$755.61 |
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Parade-Event-Calendar
Fund |
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$1,842.60 |
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Town Hall
Maint & Repair Fund |
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$19,298.20 |
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Sub-Total
Money Market sub accounts |
$119,319.56 |
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Total
all Money Market Funds |
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$504,428.60 |
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TOTAL |
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$591,823.57 |
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Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to approve the Treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried.
Voucher’s Approval
Motion(McGee/Meinke)
to approve the voucher’s as presented. Motion carried.
Clerk Correspondence
Brustad
received a letter from the Department of Administration and the preliminary
estimate of the 2008 population is 706, which she feels is still low.
A yoga class
will begin at the Town Hall in September presented by
Brustad said
she had received donations from the Barnes Lions Club and the Christian Men’s
Club to be applied toward the swimming lessons.
Since the lessons weren’t given she returned the donations to those
organizations. She wished to thank them
for their generosity and hoped they would consider donating again next year
when the town will offer the lessons.
She received
the 2008 Equalization report from the state, it showed an increase of 4% in the
equalized value or market value of homes throughout the town.
Brustad read
a letter from Jane Kriskovich of Polar Gas Company asking for the Board to
consider a few points she wanted to make before allowing installation of the
bulk storage tank up for Board recommendation.
She stated “Often times such installations will devalue the remaining
property in the area due to the hazardous nature of the product and by the
obvious reluctance of other business wanting to build next to it. Concerns may arise form the existing
helicopter landing site as well. Would
the proposed storage cause a potential delay in emergency services in your
area? Special conditions should be
contingent with the approval of the Conditional Use Permit. Ensure continued compliance of Chapter 4 (
General Requirements) and Chapter 14 (Operations and Maintenance) of the
National Fire Protection Association, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code 58. In addition, have them agree and comply with
the new Propane Safety Act Law that was passed in April of 2008 and the new
rules set by the Department of Commerce in August of 2008. Finally, require a copy of the License required
by the State of
Approval
to combine Act 102 account back with the Money Market Account –Brustad said each month the service
charge on the individual account is $10.00, and interest earned in only .17, so
the service charges are eating the account’s balance up. Per the email from Lynn Lutz, the town’s
Auditor, the account can be a sub-account in the regular town’s account and
still comply with any regulations on its use.
She was requesting the board to approve her putting the funds back into
the money market account to save the service charges each month. It will still be separated into sub accounts
as she did last year.
Motion( McGee/Meinke)
to combine the ACT102 account with the funds in the money market account at the
bank but keep funds separate in the general ledger. Roll call vote taken:
McGee-yes, Porter-yes, Meinke-yes, Collyard-yes, Webb-not present) Motion
carried.
Citizen’s Request for Action:
1)
Request to correct town road sign on
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Since the
last meeting, the docks for the
The
remaining sand section on the southern part of
The
Mike Collins,
my full time employee, has taken a medical leave of absence. I wish him well.
Also
regarding the
Motion
(Porter/Meinke) to put the Roads Committee back into being. Jerry will contact the members and set up a meeting. Motion
carried. Collyard said he
would like all the Board members to sign the leave request submitted by Mike
Collins. The Clerk-Treasurer presented the form for their signatures of
approval.
Cemetery
Clerk-Treasurer
Brustad read the report. On August 7th
Mary Wright was interred in Block 6 new addition on lot 9, cremation on Dalton
Wright site.
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Since the
last Town board meeting the ambulance has had four calls
3 – no
transport
4 –
transport to
2 – respond
with Fire Department
2 –
transport to St. Mary’s
1 –
Motorcycle accident on CTH Y transported to St. Lukes
1 - Mutual aid to Cable ambulance Patient
transported to
1 - Mutual Aid to
1 - Gold Cross intercept
The new ambulance
Cot has arrived and has been placed in use.
Looking to sell the one we had and I am working on that. The ambulance is going to be starting a
letter drive fund raiser to purchase a 12 lead EKG defibulator with
transmission capabilities to hospital by cell phone. This is going to soon be a mandated from Dr.
Wesley and because of our transport times will be a great enhancement to the
medical field. The reason for this is
that the information can be sent right to the Emergency Room where the EKG can
be read and the cardiac team and cath lab can be activated at the hospital
prior to the patients arrival so the patient can receive care as soon as the
patient arrives thus increasing the patients chance of survival by saving time. The goal is to get the patient into the cath
lab with in an hour of the call and this will save a half an hour to and hour
of time on the other end. The cost is
around $20,000 dollars thus prompting the fund drive.
Town board
approval of new
The Fire
Department had two calls
2 – False
Alarm
Reminder that on September 20th we will have the Mock
Wildland Fire taking place on the South western portion of our Township.
Approval
of new hire, Margaret Bossow – Renz said background check had been done. She will be
attending the
Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to approve the new hire for the Ambulance and Fire Departments. Motion carried.
Approval
of three year contract with Premier Pyrotechnics for fireworks – Renz said the contract had gone up by
25%, but if we do the three year contract he will add additional 10%
fireworks. Everyone agreed the fireworks
are well done and everyone seems to love the show.
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the three year contract with Premier Pyrotechnics in the amount of $10,000
each year for a three year term. Roll
call vote taken: Webb-not present, Meinke-yes, Porter-yes, McGee-yes,
Collyard-yes. Motion carried.
Constable – Clerk-Treasurer read the
Constable’s report as he was not present
( 4 ) Alarms
from sheriff...........( 1 ) deer hit on hwy 27..........( 5 ) Personal water
craft complaints..........( 1 ) Assist boat landing inspector with unruly
boater, subject refused to allow inspection of his boat and verbally threatened
town employee..........( 1 ) assist boater on middle , sailboat capsized,
unable to re-float, transported occupants, and towed to shore........(1 )
fireworks complaint at buck-n-bass resort.........( 4 ) ATV complaint, issued
warnings to operators.........( 1 ) Request for help, Homeowner contacted me at
home and stated she heard a child screaming for help and an car horn blowing at
unknown property south of hers. I went to every property in area and found
nothing.........( 1 ) assist motorist on
I have had
several calls this summer season concerning after hours personal water craft,
ski, tubing, on our larger lakes. It’s almost impossible for me to respond to
these complaints unless I'm on the water, on the lake where the offender is.
The calls come into my home. More often than not, I'm not standing by the
phone. If a message is left ( often no message) I may not hear it until I
return home, and that could be hours after it was made. As I'm sure all of
you are aware. the town does not own a boat to address these type of
ordinance violations. For the past 8 years I've donated the use of my boat that
I trailer from lake to lake. This summer I've taken a pro-active approach to
hopefully address this problem. On weekends when lake traffic is at its highest
level. I've been stopping boaters( during legal hours ), introducing myself,
and informing them about our lake ordinances. I have also contacted some local
business owners( resorts, bait shops, restaurants) and asked if they would
post the information. hopefully this will help. I do recommend that we
re-address the practicality of this ordinance. I feel the hours are to
restrictive, and at times unfair. As I've told many of the people making the
complaints ( some who don't even live on water ) There is always room for compromise,
and you can't enforce the law with a baseball bat ( as some callers have stated
in there messages ). I have learned over the years, a little sugar, a kind
word, and presenting myself in a respectful manner will solve 98 percent of
most situations. As for the other 2 percent.....they will be held accountable.
Thank you for listening...........Mike
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee Donna
Porter reported there was no meeting held last month. They never did the swimming lessons. She is still working on trees for the park in
the back but they won’t be put in until the fall.
EWM Committee –Ingemar Ekstrom reported on the
committee happenings. The Clean Boats
Clean Waters program will be wrapped up after Labor Day weekend. They may use volunteers for the Musky Fest
Contest in October. As far as the
Tomahawk and Sandbar lakes research project, Sandbar is growing a lot of
Eurasian Water milfoil. Currently the
Army Corps of Engineers feels
Land Use Planning Commission – Commission Chair Dave Pease reported
the commission met last Thursday and they recommend to approve the Special Use Permit for Lynn and Wanda
Johnson to place a mobile home on their property and the Conditional Use permit
request to place a bulk storage tank and related equipment at the Industrial
Park, the Commission recommended approval.
For the request by Dick Webb to change the zoning on the DeSmith
property they recommend to confer with zoning for them to make the change. Regarding the Proposal submitted by Jon
Harkness and the Property Owner’s Association, the Commission denied it at this
time but want to further explore the issue as it is a worthwhile proposal and
serious issue affecting the Town of
Zoning: Collyard asked Jon Harkness to speak regarding the proposal
from the Property Owner’s Association.
Jon stated the proposal was coming from the zoning committee within the Property
Owners Association. What they were
seeking was 2 overlay district amendments to the Bayfield County Zoning
Code. They want to increase the minimum
shoreline requirements on MUDS (Multi-unit developments) and CSD’s
(Conservation Subdivisions). The
proposed minimum requirements would be basically the same density as for a
single family unit.
Collyard
then asked if Jane Kriskovich wanted to say anything in addition to her letter
the Clerk-Treasurer has read regarding the Conditional Use Permit
application. Jane introduced herself as
General Manager for Polar Gas Company and also on the Board of Directors for
the State Association. She wanted to
also mention that Polar Gas had placed a bulk storage tank in
1)
Special Use permit application to
place a mobile home in a F-1 Forestry District on property owned by Lynn and
Wanda Johnson at 52220 Pease Road
Collyard
asked for a motion to approve or disapprove.
Motion(McGee/Porter)
to approve the Special Use permit application to place a mobile home in a F-1
Forestry District on property owned by Lynn and Wanda Johnson at
2)
Conditional Use Application to place
a bulk-storage facility (LP gas) by Superior Fuel Company at the Barnes
Industrial Park on property owned by the Town of Barnes, Mike Wiebe, agent. Collyard asked for a motion to approve or
disapprove.
Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to approve the Conditional Use Application to place a bulk storage tank at the
Barnes Industrial Park by Superior Fuel Company. Discussion
followed. Porter wanted to know how far
this lot was from the Helicopter landing zone.
Gene Ratzel said it was approximately 500 feet. The minimum it should be from a property line
or important building per the Gas Codes is 50 feet, so this is more than
sufficient. Porter asked if this lot was
the furthest lot. Ratzel said it was the
furthest west, but the park extends behind the transfer site so technically not
the furthest. Meinke said Superior Fuel
also has to get a state permit, so they will check all this also. He added, in order to get any type of funding
for the infrastructure of the park we have to have a viable candidate, so it is
important to try work with them on this matter.
Collyard asked if the board wanted to put any restrictions on the motion. He felt it must meet all state and county
codes, and fire codes and the 2008 Liquefied Gas Code requirements. It also should not impede any future development
within the park. Motion carried.
3)
Request by Dick Webb to correct
current R-2 Zoning on Glenn DeSmith property (and others) in Section 30, T45N,
R9W Collyard spoke
on the request by Dick Webb to have the zoning changed on these parcels. For each individual to have it changed would
cost them quite a bit of money. The
correction is due to a zoning error, so Webb would like the Town’s help in
getting it corrected. The Plan
Commission relayed their recommendation also to have it changed.
Motion(McGee/Porter)to recommend to
4)
Jon Harkness and Property Owners
proposal for an overlay district Amendment to the
Motion(Porter/McGee)to
also deny the proposal at this time and to confer with the Plan Commission and
the Property Owner’s Association to write a resolution to be presented to the
Approval of Three Year Contract by
Charlotte Johnson for Assessor Services
Motion(McGee/Porter)
to approve the three-year contract for Assessor services by Charlotte Johnson
for $12,000.00 per year. Porter wanted to know if her services
had improved since a few years ago.
Brustad said yes, most everything had been worked out and she felt
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License renewal for James
Wiechert Brustad
said Jim pad paid his fee for the license. Motion( McGee/Meinke ) to approve the 2
year operator license renewal of James Wiechert. Motion carried.
Picnic License approval for Barnes
Lions Club, Russ Carter, agent for August 9th and 10th
(License issued pending after-the
fact Board approval) Brustad
said they had come in after the last Board meeting on the 5th of
August and wanted the license. She
issued them the license pending the formal approval by the Board. The dates
were incorrect on the agenda, it should have been the 9th and 10th.
Motion( McGee/Porter)
to approve the Picnic License for the Barnes Lions Club for the 9th
and 10th of August. Motion
carried.
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
1) Greg Martin was here to represent the
Eau Claire Lakes Conservation Club. They
would like the trees that are being cut on
2) Fred Tinker who lives on
3) Jane Kriskovich wanted to ask if the
public had been allowed to participate in the BADC meetings and if they were
posted. She wanted o know if the public
was allowed to participate in discussion at the Plan Commission meetings. Meinke told her all the meetings are public
meetings and all BADC(Barnes Are Development Corporation) and Plan Commission
meetings are posted for the public to attend.
4) Carol LeBreck wanted to ask the Board
if the Conditional Use Application for the bulk Storage facility was available
for anyone to view before the public hearing along with the Environmental
Impact Study. Brustad
said what she had is the Conditional Use Permit, a one page document and
related information from the County.
Meinke said he has the Lease agreement, protective covenants for the
park, and there is a map also of the park.
These documents are available for her or anyone else who wanted to look
at them before the hearing.
5) Leslie Hall said she doesn’t think we
have enough information on this tank, and during the Plan Commission meeting
did the footage requirement apply to this large tank or only the 1000 gallon
tank. Ratzel responded it did.
Issues Timeline Update
All a work
in progress, zoning issues to update were O’Neil’s can be taken off, they have
removed their RV, Liesch’s will be building in the fall, Furtak is checking on
Motion
(Porter/McGee) to adjourn the Regular Board meeting of
Respectfully
Submitted,
Elaine J.
Brustad
Clerk-Treasurer
Dated this
23rd Day of August, 2008